VHS (Video Home System) videotape cassette (a) that has a recording of 'Thoughts and Memories', a Kingston General Hospital Nurses Alumnae 1996 reunion video; stored in its original box (b).
VHS (Video Home System) videotape cassette (a) that has a recording of 'Thoughts and Memories', a Kingston General Hospital Nurses Alumnae 1996 reunion video; stored in its original box (b).
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - cassette - Size: Length 18.9 cm x Width 10.4 cm x Depth 2.6 cm
b - box - Size: Length 19.0 cm x Width 10.6 cm x Depth 2.8 cm
Provenance
Belonged to Goldie Parish Wylie; donated via her son Brian Wylie.
Printed on top of cassette: ""Thoughts and Memories" // KGH NURSES' ALUMNAE // JUNE, 1996"; Printed on box: ""Thoughts & Memories" // KGH NURSES' ALUMNAE // JUNE, 1996"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Condition Remarks
Shows minor wear
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Website
Archives
Article
Reference Comments
Donor file
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Archives Association of Ontario, Archeion, “Fonds KGH 5999-950 - Kingston General Hospital Nurses' Alumnae Association fonds,” https://www.archeion.ca/kingston-general-hospital-nurses-alumnae-association-fonds
Ian MacAlpine, “Nurses Ready for Reunion,” The Kingston Whig Standard, May 31, 2019. https://www.thewhig.com/news/local-news/nurses-ready-for-reunion
Research Facts
Goldie Parish Wylie (June 19, 1911 - April 29, 2007) was a graduate of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing 1934; worked at Kingston General Hospital after graduation until retiring in 1976; areas of work were: Victory II; Pysch Ward; FAPC.
The first official graduating class of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing was in 1888; the school was created in order to educate nurses as the demand for them increased, as well as providing a labour force to the hospital. When the first nurses graduated, they were given a certificate of completion, twenty five dollars, and a nursing medal. Over the years, nurses were sometimes given pins and/or rings or other memorabilia to commemorate their graduation from the school.
“The Kingston General Hospital Nurses' Alumnae Association was formed in 1896 by graduates of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing. Its original purpose was the maintenance and furnishing of the nurses' home and making surgical dressings. It later became an organization sponsoring social functions for nursing students and raising funds for the Hospital.
The Kingston General Hospital Nurses Alumnae Reunion is held annually, and graduates of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing return to Kingston to celebrate.